Crouching Male Nude from Above | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.153.57
People: Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title: Crouching Male Nude from Above
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Crouching Nude Man
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th-20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/307336

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 35.6 x 25.5 cm (14 x 10 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: u.l., graphite, in artist's hand: When you get a pose you like / take a photograph of the / pose for the facts of form / which you propose / to translate into / painting following / the principles of [drawing?] / This is merely a suggestion / without this / facts that / I [ ]
watermark: W[ARD]'S BOSTON BOND

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Bequest of the artist to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Denman W. Ross, Class of 1875
Accession Year: 1936
Object Number: 1936.153.57
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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